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The Ubiquitous Nature of Multivesicular Release Feature Review The ubiquitous nature of multivesicular release 1 1 2 Stephanie Rudolph , Ming-Chi Tsai , Henrique von Gersdorff , and 1 Jacques I. Wadiche 1 Department of Neurobiology and Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA 2 The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA ‘Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability’ (E.W. Dijkstra [1]) fluctuations of evoked synaptic responses [11] and high Presynaptic action potentials trigger the fusion of vesicles transmitter concentration in the synaptic cleft [12]. To to release neurotransmitter onto postsynaptic neurons. reconcile these findings, a more flexible hypothesis pro- Each release site was originally thought to liberate at poses that multiple vesicles can be released per active zone most one vesicle per action potential in a probabilistic with each action potential, defined as MVR. Indeed, stud- fashion, rendering synaptic transmission unreliable. How- ies have established that MVR occurs at many inhibitory ever, the simultaneous release of several vesicles, or and excitatory synapses throughout the brain, including multivesicular release (MVR), represents a simple mecha- nism to overcome the intrinsic unreliability of synaptic transmission. MVR was initially identified at specialized synapses but is now known to be common throughout Glossary the brain. MVR determines the temporal and spatial dis- Active zone: ultrastructurally and functionally specialized area at the pre- persion of transmitter, controls the extent of receptor synaptic terminal where readily-releasable vesicles fuse (see also Release site). Coefficient of variation (CV): standard deviation s divided by the mean (e.g., s activation, and contributes to adapting synaptic strength of current amplitude fluctuations and mean current). CV is a normalized during plasticity and neuromodulation. MVR consequent- measure of relative variability within a distribution (e.g., numerous trials of an ly represents a widespread mechanism that extends the evoked synaptic current). Depletion: temporal unavailability of releasable vesicles as a result of foregoing dynamic range of synaptic processing. release. Vesicular depletion can cause a decrease in synaptic strength. Desensitization: receptors bound by transmitter but in a non-conducting state MVR occurs throughout the brain can contribute to failure of receptor opening following repeated or prolonged exposure to neurotransmitter. Desensitization can cause a decrease in synaptic Fast chemical communication between neurons occurs at strength. ultrastructurally defined synaptic junctions through the Desynchronization: the temporal jitter of vesicle fusion between synaptic release of neurotransmitters. At each presynaptic release release sites (intersite asynchrony) or within a release site (intrasite asynchrony). site, neurotransmitter-filled vesicles are docked on the EPSC/EPSP: excitatory postsynaptic current/potential. plasma membrane ready to fuse upon the arrival of an Fast-off/low-affinity antagonist: rapidly-dissociating competitive antagonist. IPSC/IPSP: action potential (Figure 1Ai,Bi). Vesicle fusion and neuro- inhibitory postsynaptic current/potential. Multivesicular release (MVR): the release of >1 vesicles per active zone in transmitter release then result in receptor activation. The response to a single presynaptic action potential. Transmitter released by strength of the synaptic signal at the postsynaptic mem- multiple vesicles interacts with a common population of postsynaptic receptors. brane is determined by the number of release sites (N; see Quantal theory: postulates that the spontaneously occurring miniature currents/ Glossary), the probability that a vesicle is released (Pr), potentials represent the basic element of the evoked synaptic current/potential. and the amplitude of the postsynaptic response elicited by Receptor occupancy: the percentage of receptors bound by released transmit- ter. 100% occupancy refers to receptor saturation. the content of each synaptic vesicle (q) [2]. Seminal work Release site: site within the active zone where a vesicle undergoes fusion. It correlating morphology with physiology led to the idea that remains controversial whether release sites are clearly defined molecularly or an action potential allows the stochastic fusion of, at most, whether release can take place at any location in the active zone. For the purpose of this review, we define the active zone as a structure that provides one vesicle at each release site (univesicular release; UVR) release sites, and a single active zone can have multiple release sites. [3–8]. Under this model the maximum number of vesicles Slow-off/high-affinity antagonist: slowly-dissociating competitive antagonist. released corresponds to the number of anatomically de- Spillover: refers to transmitter escaping the synaptic cleft that activates extrasynaptic receptors located on the releasing cell or receptors on adjacent fined release sites, N [9]. The tenet of UVR was thought to cells. apply to most synapses (see [10] for review); however, Synaptic strength: defines the average response amplitude at a synaptic several observations are inconsistent with the ‘one site, contact in response to an action potential. The total number of release sites, readily releasable vesicles, Pr, and postsynaptic factors such as single receptor one vesicle’ hypothesis, including considerable amplitude conductance and receptor density, determine synaptic strength. Univesicular release (UVR): the release of 1 vesicle per active zone in response to a single presynaptic action potential. Corresponding authors: Rudolph, S. ([email protected]); Variance-mean analysis (VMA): a statistical method to estimate synaptic Wadiche, J.I. ([email protected]). quantal parameters N, Pr, and q. 0166-2236/ Vesicular release probability (Pr): the likelihood that a vesicle fuses upon arrival ß 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.05.008 of an action potential at any release site within an active zone. 428 Trends in Neurosciences, July 2015, Vol. 38, No. 7 Feature Review Trends in Neurosciences July 2015, Vol. 38, No. 7 (Ai) (Bi) (Aii) (Bii) (C) UVR MVR dMVR [transmier] 4 mM 10 ms 1 mM 5 mM 2 mM EPSC 200 µs 500 pA 10 ms TRENDS in Neurosciences Figure 1. Multiquantal release at single synapses. (Ai,ii) Electron micrograph and corresponding cartoon of a hippocampal synapse imaged following rapid freezing. Arrows indicate the presence of three docked vesicles at the active zone. (Bi) Electron micrograph of two synaptic vesicles fusing with the within an active zone simultaneously. (Bii) Cartoon representation of (Bi) illustrating neurotransmitter released from MVR interacts with a common pool of postsynaptic receptors (green and orange). Adapted from [22]. (C) Overview of different release modalities and their consequences for postsynaptic currents. UVR causes a low-concentration, short-lived transmitter transient in the synaptic cleft that results in a small EPSC (left). Synchronous fusion of several vesicles, MVR, results in elevated synaptic transmitter concentration and a large EPSC (middle). Desynchronized MVR prolongs but reduces the transmitter concentration transient, resulting in a smaller and slowed EPSC (right). Adapted from [39]. Abbreviations: EPSC, excitatory postsynaptic current; MVR, multivesicular release; UVR, univesicular release. hippocampus, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, hypothalamus, underlining MVR as an indispensable mechanism for neu- and at sensory synapses [12–21]. Due to the sub-millisecond ronal computation. speed of vesicle fusion direct electron microscopic evidence of multiple vesicle fusions (omega figures) at single release How MVR shapes synaptic transmission sites has been rare (but see [22,23]) (Figure 1). Nevertheless, Receptor occupancy and transmitter concentration functional data from many studies strongly suggests that Heterogeneity in synapse size, vesicular transmitter con- MVR is a widespread phenomenon among synapses – more tent, transmitter clearance, and receptor affinity contrib- prevalent than originally assumed. ute to the variability of neurotransmitter-receptor In this review we delineate the evidence and conse- occupancy levels [12,26–30]. MVR can only increase quences of MVR, including its effects on the time course strength at individual synapses when receptor occupancy and concentration of transmitter, receptor occupancy, and by transmitter released from a single vesicle is sufficiently desensitization. We will examine the experimental low. Indeed, evidence from many synapses suggests that approaches that have helped to identify MVR, explore transmitter from one vesicle is unlikely to fully occupy how MVR shapes synapse properties, and argue that postsynaptic receptors [11,31,32]. For example, at excit- MVR not only promotes synaptic strength and reliability atory hippocampal synapses, transmitter from multiple but also enhances the dynamic range of a neuron during vesicles can interact with a common population of postsyn- plasticity and neuromodulation [24,25]. Finally, we review aptic receptors to increase synaptic strength (Figure 1B), the role of MVR in a wide range of physiological contexts, and Pr determines the extent of receptor occupancy 429 Feature Review Trends in Neurosciences July 2015, Vol. 38, No. 7 [12]. These observations are consistent with several stud- distinction when release sites are sufficiently far apart.
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